oh, i left mine at work--they were handing them out all last week.

cable or glasses? (jokes)

Tonight's actually my first cable-less evening.

I haven't had a television in over a year. After awhile, you don't miss it anymore.

And you hang out on the internet much more.

And then you start to notice things. Things like how logos look like white penises with stream of urine coming out of them.

Yeah!

My cousin is unplugged and loves it. Spends more time outdoors, working on various projects, etc. Doesn't plan her day around TV shows.

Sadly, I am tempted to keep it on since basic cable comes free with my apartment...and I think Alton Brown on "Good Eats" is the cutest.

What I REALLY should give up is my cell phone.

With all the money you save on cable, you can buy TONS of DVDS!

...or get NetFlix and bu...I mean VIEW them as often as you like!

I cut the cord more than a year ago, and I couldn't be happier. I still steal The Daily Show and a couple of other things from Teh INtarweb, so I guess I never quit cold turkey.

I didn't have a tv at all for about nine months. Now I have a roommate, and his accessory pack included a TV.
So, we watch the Simpsons on Fox, PBS, and crime dramas.
And wish we had the money for cable so we could geek out on the History channel and SciFi.

We live without for now, though. And realistically, even if we had the cash, I don't think we would get cable. Not home nearly enough to justify it. Internet is more than enough for now.

I've been too poor for cable for at least three years. Netflix would make a good substitute these days, since my main love is movies, and most of the good TV shows have gone down the, er, tube. When I get my startup going, and have some beer money coming in, I'll spend some of it on Netflix instead of beer. Or maybe I'll just spend it on beer. You know, I'll get back to you on that.

The main annoyance with cable, of course, is that it isn't any kind of a la carte deal. You're stuck with these high minimum payments for hundreds of shopping networks you never watch.

i have a tv, but it gathers dust. my internet comes over cable though.

I got rid of cable (tv) in 1987. Haven't looked back.

I disconnected after the First Gulf War. As part of a media study project, I taped 1 hour of CNN and PBS news every night. After the war was over, I watched twenty days of war news non-stop and took notes. I caught CNN subtly altering a Chrysler van commercial featuring a suburban housewife loveing her van. Two weeks into the war, it had a new musical background: "When Johnny Comes Marching Home."

That did it. I unplugged in late 1992 and haven't looked back. Now nobody talks about TV around me. They just get a blank look. And if they persist in telling me about what's on TV, I go into my "TV makes you stupid" rant -- which some people have heard so many times that they forcibly restrain others from talking about TV in my presence.

Recently, I developed an intolerance for any broadcast radio except KMRE-LP

I've also developed an aversion to print news media. The odd thing is I am well-informed about what's going on in the world. My friends tell me about important news and then I can look it up on the web. When you think about it, it's amazing how much news travels by word of mouth.

...which some people have heard so many times that they forcibly restrain others from talking about TV in my presence.

Classic enabling behavior. They're not doing you a favor.

Classic enabling behavior. They're not doing you a favor.

Where do you think the sausage comes from?

I haven't had cable since leaving the U.S. nearly 10 years ago... But I never really did watch that much TV anyway. I do miss the Discovery channel, though!

I've always preferred reading as an entertainment, and then once I got my first computer (even pre-internet), the TV almost totally fell by the wayside. I still enjoy watching when I feel like having a totally passive experience (eating and vegging on the couch for a bit), but I get antsy very quickly.

It seems to me that television hasn't progressed as much as I would expect in the info/technology boom. Compared to the internet, it's so inflexible and unwieldy. One should be able to turn it on and watch whatever he wants, whenever he wants without having to set up and program third-party software/hardware. Films should be directly downloadable. Everything about the viewing experience should be adjustable for user preferences, including multiple windows, and you should be able to track forwards and backwards, pause, slo-mo, freeze-frame, etc. for all shows except live broadcasts. There should be keyword programming search and language support for subtitles... And so on. For internet folk, the limitations of television are too stifling.

I only watch ND football on television, since I don't have cable I only have to scramble when the game is on ESPN or something. I don't miss it at all, although my family doesn't understand how I last. I just read a lot and have less excuses for not playing guitar.

iconomy, I thought you said

Things like how legos look like white penises with stream of urine coming out of them.

And I thought it remarkable how much I agreed with you.

No TV. Only a DVD/VCR - and a nice cheap early Blockbuster online subscription which enables me to watch the TV shows I would otherwise have skipped.

I have cable and ain't getting rid of it. I might watch Ellen in the mornings if I remember. And I try to catch Cold Case Files (and the other A&E crime shows) in the afternoon. Oh, and Lost on Wednesday nights. That's the sum of my "must watch TV". Oh, and my internet connection is cable (thank the gods!). So, again, it ain't going nowhere, nohow.

Yet another "No TV. Only a DVD/VCR" with online DVD subscription type person here. I've been that way since 2000, but I'm on the 2nd season of angel, the fourth season of six feet under, and just finished the first season of arrested development and deadwood, and hope to get my hands on season one of lost and the oc to see if I like them. In other words, I still watch my share of television shows.

I've gotten rid of cable a few times. No big deal, really. As soon as the last kid goes to college, I'll probably get rid of the satellite dish for good.